If you’re over 50 there’s a new singles vacine that health experts think you should get even if you’ve already been vaccinated for shingles. The new vaccine is called shingrix and works better than the vaccine already on the market. Anyone who has had chickenpox is vulnerable to getting shingles because they come from the same virus. A million people every year get the shingles virus. It is important that people over 50 get this vaccination.

Key Takeaways:

• If you are over 50, even if you have already been vaccinated, experts say you should get this new vaccine.
• Shingles can be extremely painful and once someone is infected, the virus stays in the body forever.
• Even if you have already been vaccinated or have had shingles, experts recommend you get this vaccine.

“The new vaccine, called Shingrix, works far better to prevent the extremely painful skin rash than the vaccine that is already on the market”

Read more: https://www.today.com/health/experts-recommend-new-shingles-vaccine-shingrix-over-zostavax-t117984